In the mid-1700s, the earliest area anthracite mines offered secure employment for local residents. Nearly 250 years later, regional mines still provide jobs. The Department of Environmental ...

A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month takes place in January and a variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Plymouth, Pittston, Ashley, Hazleton, Hazle Twp., ...

MAHANOY CITY — An industry trade association is calling on President Donald Trump to enact tariffs on imported anthracite coal, a spokesperson announced Wednesday. “The anthracite industry requests ...

LANSFORD, Pennsylvania — Much of Pennsylvania's natural beauty comes from its breathtaking views, from the top of a gorge, out the window of a car or peering out the window of a historic train. The ...

The work of coal sculptor C. Edgar Patience is on display at the Anthracite Heritage Museum. The era of anthracite mining in Pennsylvania saw many new developments both within the industry itself as ...

Ernie Lucas walks past a coal buggy in the D & D anthracite coal mine, July 19, 2003, in Good Spring, Pa. This passage is 750 feet below the surface. A dwindling number of independent anthracite coal ...

LANSFORD — In “Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford sings of a coal miner made of muscle and blood who’s capable of loading 16 tons of No. 9 coal, bless his soul. At the historic No. 9 Mine, about 10 ...

Once a thriving anthracite coal town, Centralia slowly unraveled after a landfill fire ignited its labyrinth of mining ...